Trypaea australiensis | |
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Trypaea australiensis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Callianassidae |
Subfamily: | Callianassinae |
Genus: |
Trypaea Dana, 1852 |
Species: | T. australiensis
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Binomial name | |
Trypaea australiensis
Dana, 1852
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Trypaea australiensis, known as the (marine) yabby or ghost nipper in Australia, or as the one-arm bandit due to their occasional abnormally large arm, [1] and as the Australian ghost shrimp elsewhere, [2] is a common species of mud shrimp in south-eastern Australia, [2] and may be the only extant species in the genus Trypaea. [3] [4] T. australiensis is a popular bait used live or frozen by Australians targeting a range of species. [5] It grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) and lives in burrows in mudflats or sandbanks, especially in or near estuaries. [6]
One extant and two extinct species belong to the genus Trypaea: [7]
Trypaea australiensis | |
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Trypaea australiensis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Callianassidae |
Subfamily: | Callianassinae |
Genus: |
Trypaea Dana, 1852 |
Species: | T. australiensis
|
Binomial name | |
Trypaea australiensis
Dana, 1852
|
Trypaea australiensis, known as the (marine) yabby or ghost nipper in Australia, or as the one-arm bandit due to their occasional abnormally large arm, [1] and as the Australian ghost shrimp elsewhere, [2] is a common species of mud shrimp in south-eastern Australia, [2] and may be the only extant species in the genus Trypaea. [3] [4] T. australiensis is a popular bait used live or frozen by Australians targeting a range of species. [5] It grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) and lives in burrows in mudflats or sandbanks, especially in or near estuaries. [6]
One extant and two extinct species belong to the genus Trypaea: [7]